Poultry feeder



Aug. 1, 1944.'

J. W. HARTMAN POULTRY FEEDER Filed May 11, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor James )4. flarimw and wwww 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 J. W. HARTMAN I POULTRY FEEDER Filed May 11, 1945 Aug. 1, 1944.

Inventor Jmes Harman By M Patented Aug. 1, 1944 James W. Hartman, Crichton, Ala.

Application May 11, 1943, Serial No. 486,553

3 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in poultry feeders, more particularly to a poultry feeder especially adapted for use in brooder houses.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a poultry feeder especially adapted for feeding chicks, wherein the feeder is constructed of some readily accessible substitute for metal.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a chick feeder which can be readily formed from a blank sheet and discarded after it has had some use and has become somewhat mutilated, this at a very nominal expense.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the formed feeder.

Figure 2 is a cross-section on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view through one end of the feeder taken on a line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detailed sectional view taken on line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary top plan view of the blank from which the feeder is constructed.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that the feeder is constructed of a single sheet of cardboard or the like, the same being formed to provide a bottom wall 5 and end walls 6, 6, each end wall having a V-slit 1 therein to define a tapered flap 8. The sheet is further formed to provide an inner front wall 9, and a back wall I and extensions ll of said rear wall In.

The sheet is further formed to provide a top 12 and an outer front wall l3 which has end extensions 14, I4. The outer front wall l3 has struck-out tabs I 5, [5.

As can be seen in Figure 5, short projections l6, l6 are provided at the ends of the top section I2, and this top section is formed with a multiplicity of substantially square openings l1.

In the forming of the feeder, it can be seen that the sheet is first folded on lines a, a and b, b, and in doing this, the extensions ll of the back wall II! project inwardly at the inner sides of the side walls 6, 6.

The structure is further folded on lines o, d, and e, and also the extensions l4, [4 of the outer front wall l3 are folded as at J, J, the extensions being folded so as to interlap the extensions ll at the inside of the end walls 6, 6, While the tapered flaps 8 project over these extensions and bear against the gable efiect of the top section IE, it being observed in Figure 2 that the tabs l5, l5 are disposed through openings 20, 20 in the inner front wall 9, while the gable formed short projection IS on the top section I2 projects through the openings left by the tapered flaps 8 at the slits l.

cannot readily become disassembled.

There are ample openings I1 for a considerable number of chicks to feed simultaneously.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size, and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A chicken feeder constructed from a blank consisting of a bottom, end walls having triangular shaped openings, a top wall sloping toward each side, front and back walls for the bottom, said end walls rising above the top and said top having extensions inserted through the openings of the end walls, said extensions being co-extensive with two sides of the openings and projecting outwardly beyond the end walls to maintain the end walls in an upright position through frictional engagement with the extensions, said top being integral with the back wall and an overlapping outer front wall carried by the top section, said top section being formed with a plurality of feeder openings, said outer front wall carried by the top section being formed with tabs, and said front wall for the bottom connection being formed with slits to receive said tabs.

2. A chicken feeder constructed from a blank consisting of a bottom, end walls having triangular shaped openings, a top wall sloping toward each side, front and back walls for the bottom, said end walls rising above the top and said top 45 having extensions inserted through the openings of the end walls, said extensions being 00- extensive with two sides of the openings and projecting outwardly beyond the end walls to maintain the end walls in an upright position 50 through frictional engagement with the extensions, said top being integral with the back wall and an overlapping outer front wall carried by the top section, said top section being formed with a plurality of feeder openings, said outer 65 front wall carried by the top section being formed Thus the structure is interlocked together andwith tabs, said front wall for the bottom connection being formed with slits to receive said tabs, and said back wall and outer front wall being formed with interlapping extensions.

3. A chicken feeder constructed from a blank consisting of a bottom, end walls having triangular shaped openings, a top Wall sloping toward each side, front and back walls for the bottom, said end walls rising above the top and said top having extensions inserted through the openings of the end Walls, said extensions being co-extensive with two sides of the openings and projecting outwardly beyond the end walls to maintain the end walls in an upright position through frictional engagement with the extensions, said 001) being integral with the back wall and an overlapping outer front wall carried by the top section, said top section being formed with a plurality of feeder openings, said outer front wall carried by the top section being formed with tabs, said front wall for the bottom connection being formed with slits to receive said tabs, and said extensions providing hand grips for carrying the feeder.

JAMES W. HARTMAN. 

